:00:00. > :00:11.Welcome to South East Today, I'm Rob Smith.
:00:12. > :00:19.Caught on CCTV - the thief who lured a 72-year-old woman out
:00:20. > :00:22.of her car with an offer of help, before stealing it.
:00:23. > :00:25.The Church of England is institutionally racist -
:00:26. > :00:35.the claim tonight from the Bishop of Rochester.
:00:36. > :00:40.There must have been bias in the application process in recent years,
:00:41. > :00:44.there is no doubt. Also in tonight's programme:
:00:45. > :00:46.It could be the last picture you ever take -
:00:47. > :00:48.the stark warning for people taking And on the longest night
:00:49. > :00:55.of the year, Brighton prepares for its spectacular burning
:00:56. > :00:57.of the clocks to celebrate Sussex Police are tonight
:00:58. > :01:16.hunting a carjacker, who lured a seventy two-year-old
:01:17. > :01:19.woman out of her vehicle before The shocking moment -
:01:20. > :01:23.which happened at a supermarket The man had offered to help
:01:24. > :01:29.the woman after telling her that something was leaking
:01:30. > :01:30.from the vehicle. When she got out to
:01:31. > :01:32.investigate he drove away, 10:30am in a quiet market
:01:33. > :01:40.town in East Sussex. This 72-year-old woman
:01:41. > :01:45.is about to set off for home after some shopping when she is stopped by
:01:46. > :01:49.a man purporting to be a mechanic. He persuades her out of the car,
:01:50. > :01:52.saying her bonnet is leaking. Next thing she knows,
:01:53. > :01:55.he's driving off with it, leaving her
:01:56. > :01:59.bruised and shaken. Thankfully, she was physically
:02:00. > :02:02.relatively unhurt. It is obviously, like you say,
:02:03. > :02:07.very callous and she has taken this chap on his best intentions
:02:08. > :02:10.that he was trying to help her and has been conned and had her car
:02:11. > :02:13.stolen as a result. The pensioner was not badly
:02:14. > :02:16.physically hurt but left shocked and frightened and people
:02:17. > :02:18.in Heathfield who we showed the footage to today
:02:19. > :02:20.were horrified that this could have
:02:21. > :02:22.happened here in broad daylight. I think that's cheeky,
:02:23. > :02:27.that he's got the... I think that's terrible, isn't it,
:02:28. > :02:34.in this day and age? I suppose, now that we know,
:02:35. > :02:38.it's trying not to get caught Nothing ever happens
:02:39. > :02:46.in Heathfield, fortunately. But according to the AA, this
:02:47. > :03:02.is just the latest in a spate of The kind of episode that happened
:03:03. > :03:06.here with this woman is the kind of thing that another car might
:03:07. > :03:09.sometimes bump into the back of your car, you then get out of the car
:03:10. > :03:13.and the criminals It is worth being alert and if you
:03:14. > :03:17.are suspicious at all The man was described by the victim
:03:18. > :03:23.as being in his mid-40s and stocky. Her car was found a few days later
:03:24. > :03:26.abandoned seven miles away Sussex Police hope this CCTV
:03:27. > :03:30.will prompt someone to come forward with information and
:03:31. > :03:34.are advising people to be careful about not getting out
:03:35. > :03:39.of their cars without their keys. Ellie, what more do we know
:03:40. > :03:55.about the victim - how she is now? We don't know a huge amount about
:03:56. > :04:00.the victim. We know that she is 72 and a local lady but very little
:04:01. > :04:03.else because she doesn't want her identity being publicised. I have
:04:04. > :04:11.been told by police that she is pleased that we are covering the
:04:12. > :04:14.story. That this CCTV footage is getting out in the domain and in the
:04:15. > :04:19.hope that someone will come forward with information. Physically, she is
:04:20. > :04:20.well and not needing hospital treatment but emotionally she is
:04:21. > :04:22.shaken up. The Bishop of Rochester has claimed
:04:23. > :04:24.there is clear evidence that the Church of England
:04:25. > :04:26.is institutionally racist. The Right Reverend James Langstaff
:04:27. > :04:29.says there are not enough members of the clergy from ethnic minorities
:04:30. > :04:33.who make it to senior levels. That's despite, he says,
:04:34. > :04:36.some congregations in his diocese being made up of a majority
:04:37. > :04:52.of black people. Christmas, a time for reflection,
:04:53. > :04:56.and this year some soul-searching in the Church of England about just how
:04:57. > :05:00.representative fitters. With the Bishop of Rochester not afraid to
:05:01. > :05:05.talk about institutional racism. In my own diocese, we have majority
:05:06. > :05:09.black congregations which is very exciting. There have been issues
:05:10. > :05:16.about development, people being given opportunities to take on those
:05:17. > :05:22.stepping stone posts to senior appointments. I think there must
:05:23. > :05:28.have been some kind of bias in senior appointments in recent years.
:05:29. > :05:34.The proportion of non-white clergy nationally is just over 3%. It
:05:35. > :05:48.stands at 0% in Rochester. This man has been the vicar of Saint
:05:49. > :05:54.Aidan 's Church in Gravesend for four years.
:05:55. > :06:01.I think it is a terrible statement on who we are as a church that we
:06:02. > :06:12.are unable to value the gifts of God 's people respect both of their
:06:13. > :06:16.ethnicity. The 106 Bishop of Rochester was the
:06:17. > :06:24.first non-white bishop of the diocese in the Church of England.
:06:25. > :06:29.This week, the first black bishop was appointed in 20 years. Proof
:06:30. > :06:37.that things are changing, some say, but others say much more is still to
:06:38. > :06:42.be done. It does play a part in humanity.
:06:43. > :06:48.So the church should be more representative? Yes.
:06:49. > :06:54.I do think it represents modern day society.
:06:55. > :06:55.The church is set up a working group to look at the issue.
:06:56. > :06:59.The Bishop there has identified the problem -
:07:00. > :07:12.I think the fact there were so many senior people speaking out is
:07:13. > :07:19.significant. Senior Anglicans recently wrote a letter to the
:07:20. > :07:26.church Times and said the fact you can fit all the ethnic minority
:07:27. > :07:31.bishops into a single black cab is a source of shame. There were just
:07:32. > :07:35.five of them. They are going to look at the make up of panels but
:07:36. > :07:38.everybody agrees there is a lot of work to be done.
:07:39. > :07:42.In a moment, feeling tonnes better - celebrations in St Paul's Cray
:07:43. > :07:50.as the huge illegal rubbish mountain is finally taken away.
:07:51. > :07:54.The NHS Trust responsible for hospitals in East Kent
:07:55. > :07:58.is to come out of special measures after nearly three years,
:07:59. > :08:02.following an inspection by the health watchdog.
:08:03. > :08:05.The East Kent Hospitals Trust has made improvements in areas including
:08:06. > :08:09.accident and emergency, maternity, safety and staffing -
:08:10. > :08:13.it means the trust no longer has any areas rated as inadequate.
:08:14. > :08:19.But the Care Quality Commission said it still requires improvement.
:08:20. > :08:24.Our Health Correspondent Mark Norman reports.
:08:25. > :08:26.Joyce has had an MRI scan and is getting
:08:27. > :08:29.and she is an example of new systems introduced
:08:30. > :08:31.by the hospital trust and highlighted by
:08:32. > :08:32.inspectors which allows the hospital to give patient
:08:33. > :08:40.care more quickly and get them home rather than admit them to a ward.
:08:41. > :08:44.They've seen decision makers, reviewing these patients at the
:08:45. > :08:46.front door, assessing the clinical needs and often trying to help
:08:47. > :08:49.manage their conditions without the need to be admitted
:08:50. > :08:51.In the past, hospital inspectors have also
:08:52. > :08:52.strongly criticised the trust
:08:53. > :08:56.for not coordinating their three Acute Hospital sites.
:08:57. > :08:59.This is how the trust use technology.
:09:00. > :09:02.These are the three hospitals in East Kent.
:09:03. > :09:04.The trust as a total looks at patients
:09:05. > :09:06.coming into accident and emergency, admitted
:09:07. > :09:08.into patient care, the number of patients
:09:09. > :09:11.in a bed who needn't be, who could be transferred out,
:09:12. > :09:13.and it is updated minute by minute
:09:14. > :09:16.and used by staff throughout all three hospitals to try and make
:09:17. > :09:21.sure the trust is working as efficiently as possible.
:09:22. > :09:24.So, yes, inspectors recognise these improvements and even recommended
:09:25. > :09:27.East Kent comes out of special measures.
:09:28. > :09:32.Low staffing levels, patients waiting too long for cancer
:09:33. > :09:38.There is still a long way to go for the trust
:09:39. > :09:41.and we made the trust aware that there are areas in maternity,
:09:42. > :09:43.notably, in terms of their staffing levels,
:09:44. > :09:45.and also with the end-of-life Care Pathway which is still
:09:46. > :09:51.Really the hard work has been done by thousands of staff right across
:09:52. > :09:53.the organisation and that work will carry on.
:09:54. > :09:56.It has been a huge amount of work so far but there is a lot
:09:57. > :10:00.more work to do and that work will absolutely carry on so we can
:10:01. > :10:03.provide even better services to patients right across East Kent.
:10:04. > :10:05.Late this afternoon, I witness more new ways of working.
:10:06. > :10:08.On-the-ward meetings with various organisations
:10:09. > :10:12.including social care, physios, doctors, and all led by
:10:13. > :10:19.And you wanted to say about the care you had today...
:10:20. > :10:29.Mark joins us now from the QEQM Hospital in Margate -
:10:30. > :10:39.despite this news today a final decision on the Trust won't be
:10:40. > :10:55.Yes, in February. I expected to come out of special measures. There is
:10:56. > :11:00.still this issue around winter pressures. The AMD is still
:11:01. > :11:04.ridiculously busy, I saw that for myself. One of them had 60 people in
:11:05. > :11:11.their AMD and that is becoming the new normal according to the chief
:11:12. > :11:15.executive. The doctors said this was a fantastic day and will help them
:11:16. > :11:17.recruit more staff. We should recognise this as a good day but
:11:18. > :11:22.there is more work to be done. A jury at the Old Bailey has started
:11:23. > :11:25.deliberating its verdicts in the case of two men charged
:11:26. > :11:27.with smuggling cocaine worth two. Four million pounds
:11:28. > :11:29.through Rochester Airport. John Buwalda is said to have flown
:11:30. > :11:32.22 kilograms of the drug from Holland in a light
:11:33. > :11:34.aircraft in June. Jan Polak is accused of acting
:11:35. > :11:37.as the courier when they arrived. Brighton is being given
:11:38. > :11:46.more than ?350,000 of government money to tackle rough
:11:47. > :11:48.sleeping in the city. The funds will be used to help
:11:49. > :11:51.the newly homeless and people dealing with both substance misuse
:11:52. > :11:53.and mental health issues. Brighton and Hove council says more
:11:54. > :11:56.than a thousand people sleep rough Warning after warning has been made
:11:57. > :12:04.urging thrill seeking visitors to stay away from the edge of cliffs
:12:05. > :12:07.at beauty spots in Sussex. But another batch of
:12:08. > :12:09.photographs has emerged - this time showing a group
:12:10. > :12:11.of students from Korea posing After recent huge cliff falls,
:12:12. > :12:18.tonight the coastguard has warned again of the danger of standing
:12:19. > :12:22.so close to the unstable cliff edge - saying it could be the last
:12:23. > :12:24.picture you ever take. It's the social media
:12:25. > :12:30.craze that could kill. These pictures taken last
:12:31. > :12:33.weekend are believed to be Local people couldn't
:12:34. > :12:39.understand why anyone would put their life in danger
:12:40. > :12:42.to take a photograph. I suppose you can't really do
:12:43. > :12:45.anything about people who just don't The weather was like this,
:12:46. > :12:51.very strong winds. The Seven Sisters are known
:12:52. > :12:59.for their majesty, beauty People come from all over
:13:00. > :13:03.the world to see them. But there is a sinister
:13:04. > :13:07.side as well. Pictures from the dramatic
:13:08. > :13:15.cliff fall here at Birling Gap were relayed right
:13:16. > :13:19.across the world so it is unfathomable to the authorities here
:13:20. > :13:25.as to why anybody would want to take unnecessary risks
:13:26. > :13:29.near the cliff edge. We really would urge people just
:13:30. > :13:33.to take that one step back inshore. You will still get
:13:34. > :13:34.the same photo, you'll still get the scenery
:13:35. > :13:36.and amazing memories. But if you do stand on that cliff
:13:37. > :13:40.edge and it gives away, it could be the last
:13:41. > :13:42.photo you ever take and that is the last thing
:13:43. > :13:44.that any of us want. The National Trust see visitors
:13:45. > :13:47.should stay at least five metres That safety message
:13:48. > :13:52.was repeated again today but then and know the power of social
:13:53. > :14:08.media appears to be too great. The moment a thief stole
:14:09. > :14:12.a 72-year-old woman's car after offering to help her has
:14:13. > :14:15.been captured on CCTV - The man approached the woman
:14:16. > :14:23.in a Heathfield car park - luring her out of the vehicle
:14:24. > :14:26.by telling her it had a leak, Also in tonight's programme -
:14:27. > :14:50.we chat with Jools Holland. Today has been a fairly miserable
:14:51. > :14:51.and wet day but the sunshine is back tomorrow. I will have the forecast
:14:52. > :14:53.later. For the last five years people
:14:54. > :14:57.on Cornwall Drive in St Pauls Cray have been blighted by an enormous
:14:58. > :15:01.pile of illegally stacked rubbish. Gathered from across Kent,
:15:02. > :15:05.it stood 40 foot tall, inflicting the constant threat
:15:06. > :15:08.of spontaneous fires, foul smells, But after a long running legal
:15:09. > :15:15.battle, work to remove the rubbish They've already removed 13,000
:15:16. > :15:21.tonnes - and people in the area say getting rid of the rubbish feels
:15:22. > :15:24.like Christmas has come early. Our Environment Correspondent Yvette
:15:25. > :15:39.Austin has tonight's story update. The mound is finally moving. Up to
:15:40. > :15:43.30 lorry-loads a day are being taken away. It is the legacy of waste for
:15:44. > :15:47.fuel, recycling company that failed to do what the Environment Agency
:15:48. > :15:52.ordered and went into liquidation. After living with the blade from
:15:53. > :15:57.than five years, local residents are relieved.
:15:58. > :16:01.A lot of dust are still coming up and the smell can be really bad
:16:02. > :16:06.Sundays. But we are happy it is going, that is the main thing.
:16:07. > :16:11.Christmas has come early this year. At its worst, the pile was 40 feet
:16:12. > :16:15.high and 60 feet wide. The orders were taking money for rubbish
:16:16. > :16:22.arriving but not bearing the cost of its recycling and removal. Locals
:16:23. > :16:30.campaigned for its removal. He suffered from breathing problems and
:16:31. > :16:35.says rats have spread. They got in the cupboards and in the
:16:36. > :16:39.toilet. It will be a relief when it is gone.
:16:40. > :16:46.We will be so happy. Originally, the pile was estimated to be 20,000
:16:47. > :16:53.tonnes of rubbish but knowing what it looked like and how much has gone
:16:54. > :17:01.and is still to go, there could be nearer to 30,000 tonnes. It has
:17:02. > :17:08.taken months of negotiation to remove the rubbish. The Environment
:17:09. > :17:15.Agency is paying 90% of the ?2.7 million clean-up cost. Attention is
:17:16. > :17:20.turning to what will happen today and, -- to the land, which is green
:17:21. > :17:24.belt land near a wildlife conservation area.
:17:25. > :17:30.We have the lakes of special scientific interest. I would like to
:17:31. > :17:34.work with a budget that -- I would like to work within nature -based
:17:35. > :17:48.charity. Some kind of its centre of excellence.
:17:49. > :17:51.Now, if you thought it seemed to get dark rather quickly today,
:17:52. > :17:53.that's because it's the shortest day of the year.
:17:54. > :17:56.And to mark the winter solstice a huge event
:17:57. > :18:06.The Burning the Clocks ceremony was launched in 1993 to bring
:18:07. > :18:16.2000 people are parading with handmade lanterns.
:18:17. > :18:19.They'll be burnt on a huge bonfire on the beach in front
:18:20. > :18:27.Chrissie Reidy is in Brighton for us now, it looks quite a spectacle.
:18:28. > :18:35.Take a look. It really is something to behold. There is probably around
:18:36. > :18:40.2000 people taking part in this unique event in heart of Brighton.
:18:41. > :18:46.These lanterns have been individually made and all represent
:18:47. > :18:48.something personal to people. Let's chat with a vow.
:18:49. > :18:55.When did you start making allantoin? This morning.
:18:56. > :19:02.So you have done a good job in a short space of time. What is it
:19:03. > :19:07.about. It is a clock snowing and the
:19:08. > :19:12.snowflakes are numbers. Not only are thousands of people are
:19:13. > :19:19.involved but there are many more in the streets. Suzanne, you are from
:19:20. > :19:25.Brighton and come every year. What do you like about it?
:19:26. > :19:29.It is such a Brighton thing. It is exciting for the children and a good
:19:30. > :19:36.lead up to Christmas. What do you like about the parade?
:19:37. > :19:43.It's really colourful and represents everything.
:19:44. > :19:47.They will be heading down to the beach and then all the lanterns will
:19:48. > :19:58.get put on to a massive bonfire and then they are burned, which
:19:59. > :20:00.signifies the end of the year. All the noise and spectacle, it is
:20:01. > :20:01.marvellous. Charlton Athletic can
:20:02. > :20:03.move into the top ten in League One with victory
:20:04. > :20:06.at Millwall this evening. Karl Robinson's team has failed
:20:07. > :20:09.to win any of their last five league and cup games,
:20:10. > :20:11.and the Addicks manager says he's looking to bring in players
:20:12. > :20:14.during the January transfer window that will give the club a better
:20:15. > :20:18.chance of promotion. I back myself as a coach,
:20:19. > :20:22.as a manager, I back my staff and once I get more players in and get
:20:23. > :20:25.more players fit, I back this team
:20:26. > :20:29.to compete massively. We're not even halfway
:20:30. > :20:33.through the season and some people are almost
:20:34. > :20:37.disregarding us. Jools Holland first found
:20:38. > :20:43.fame with Squeeze - then created a whole new genre of TV
:20:44. > :20:47.when he was the host of irreverent His New Year s Eve Hootenanny
:20:48. > :20:53.is an institution. But at the heart of everything
:20:54. > :20:58.he does has always been the piano. His new album is called, simply,
:20:59. > :21:01.Piano and it celebrates his One of the tracks features
:21:02. > :21:05.a recording of a duet with wild And of course, he lives
:21:06. > :21:10.in Cooling Castle near Rochester. Brenda Emmanus has
:21:11. > :21:26.been to meet him. Jools Holland plays an impressive
:21:27. > :21:33.duet with actor Hugh Laurie. For decades he has been a champion of a
:21:34. > :21:37.broad range of music stars and now his own music offering to fans is an
:21:38. > :21:48.album celebrating his panache passion but piano.
:21:49. > :21:53.When did you fall in love with the piano?
:21:54. > :22:01.That is the right way to look at it and the only way to do it, to fall
:22:02. > :22:05.in love with it. I remember my grandmother 's piano was blackened
:22:06. > :22:13.in charge from a bomb going off in the war and she opened it and it was
:22:14. > :22:18.all nice. She played a bit and then my uncle played. I thought that was
:22:19. > :22:23.great, I've got to learn that, what is that?
:22:24. > :22:35.The new album features a number of compilations interpreting the work
:22:36. > :22:41.of composers the jewels love. -- that Jools Holland loves.
:22:42. > :22:54.It is a piece of me. It is getting to the root of what I am and what I
:22:55. > :23:00.have been playing all my life. Jools has been touring with his
:23:01. > :23:08.orchestra and has been Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Kent for many years.
:23:09. > :23:16.Played a surprise session at St Pancras International station on a
:23:17. > :23:20.piano donated by Elton John. We've got some lovely concert pianos
:23:21. > :23:25.but also some lovely bashed up pianos. They can send lovely as
:23:26. > :23:29.well. I'm not saying Elton's was bashed up. But we got the ambience
:23:30. > :23:45.would be great. How about this for a great the Black
:23:46. > :23:51.Here's the latest in our celebrity Christmas messages.
:23:52. > :23:55.Starting with Hi-di-Hi legend Su Pollard.
:23:56. > :23:57.Hello and happy Christmas to everybody that is viewing
:23:58. > :24:03.Hi, I am Martin Fry from ABC and I'd like to wish you
:24:04. > :24:09.Hello there, this is mid-level comedian Ed Byrne, wishing
:24:10. > :24:20.all the BBC South East viewers a very Merry Christmas.
:24:21. > :24:37.Good news ahead of Christmas. It will be winded but should be mild
:24:38. > :24:40.and mostly dry. We did see some rain today, not initially heavy but
:24:41. > :24:49.intensifying through the afternoon. It is actually quite mild. That rain
:24:50. > :24:56.will be intensifying this evening if anything. But it does clear through
:24:57. > :25:10.and from about 2am or 3am we start to see clear skies developing. We
:25:11. > :25:17.are going to sea fog and mist. It will be a settled picture. We have
:25:18. > :25:22.got a ridge of high pressure. What a contrast to today. We are going to
:25:23. > :25:34.see some decent spells of sunshine. Very pleasant feel to the day. As we
:25:35. > :25:38.head through from Thursday and Friday with clearer skies and
:25:39. > :25:44.lighter winds, we're going to be seeing some mist and fog around and
:25:45. > :25:50.quite chilly picture. Temperatures dropping to two or three degrees. My
:25:51. > :25:56.other on the coast. As we head through the day on Friday, the winds
:25:57. > :26:03.are going to be picking up. We have got starring Barbara around. That is
:26:04. > :26:08.going to be staying well to the north and the west of us as we go
:26:09. > :26:13.through Friday. We might see some of that rain in the latter part of
:26:14. > :26:22.Friday but it would be heavy and will pass through quickly due to the
:26:23. > :26:28.strength of the winds. Looking towards the Christmas weekend, we're
:26:29. > :26:33.going to see that band of rain passing through. Actually is a
:26:34. > :26:47.mostly dry picture but looking when day. On Christmas Day heavy rain
:26:48. > :26:52.into Monday. As we move into the new week this area of high pressure
:26:53. > :26:55.builds so once again settled and fresher conditions. It is very windy
:26:56. > :26:59.and mild but fingers crossed mostly dry.
:27:00. > :27:01.Exasperated commuters, unhealthily packed trains
:27:02. > :27:05.and companies forced out of business - Britain's worst strike in 20 years
:27:06. > :27:10.has meant misery for hundreds of thousands of people.
:27:11. > :27:13.BBC South East Today is hosting a special Question Time style debate
:27:14. > :27:17.about the ongoing crisis on Southern's rail services
:27:18. > :27:25.If you live or work in the south east and want to be in the audience,
:27:26. > :27:28.send an email to bbcraildebate@bbc.co.uk
:27:29. > :27:34.with your name, address, daytime phone number and how you've
:27:35. > :27:41.been affected and you could be part of the debate.
:27:42. > :27:54.I will be back at 8pm and 10:30pm. Goodbye.
:27:55. > :27:59.The roads we walk have demons beneath them...
:28:00. > :28:03...and yours have been waiting for a very long time.